# Camilla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/camilla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /kəˈmɪlə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Cammie |
| Variant spellings | Kamilla |
| US babies named this | 30,282 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 30,276 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,847, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Camilla, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 649 | 458 |
| 2012 | 707 | 442 |
| 2013 | 767 | 400 |
| 2014 | 893 | 363 |
| 2015 | 874 | 374 |
| 2016 | 976 | 342 |
| 2017 | 1,060 | 308 |
| 2018 | 1,099 | 303 |
| 2019 | 1,224 | 271 |
| 2020 | 1,169 | 263 |
| 2021 | 1,041 | 307 |
| 2022 | 1,020 | 314 |
| 2023 | 926 | 336 |
| 2024 | 956 | 323 |
| 2025 | 847 | 361 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 6 | 3,788 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 652 |
| 2012 | 65 | 639 |
| 2013 | 66 | 616 |
| 2014 | 92 | 468 |
| 2015 | 91 | 475 |
| 2016 | 73 | 573 |
| 2017 | 83 | 514 |
| 2018 | 108 | 408 |
| 2019 | 84 | 491 |
| 2020 | 93 | 445 |
| 2021 | 88 | 478 |
| 2022 | 86 | 481 |
| 2023 | 63 | 600 |
| 2024 | 62 | 625 |
| 2025 | 66 | 590 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Kamila
- Danish: Camilla, Kamilla
- French: Camille
- Greek: Καμίλλη
- Hungarian: Kamilla
- Italian: Camilla
- Latin: Camilla
- Latvian: Kamilla, Kamila
- Lithuanian: Kamilė
- Norwegian: Camilla, Kamilla
- Polish: Kamila
- Portuguese: Camila
- Russian: Ками́лла
- Slovak: Kamila
- Spanish: Camila
- Swedish: Camilla
- Ukrainian: Камі́ла

## People named Camilla

- Camilla Belle, American actress
- Camilla Luddington, British actress (born 1983)
- Camilla Martin, Danish badminton player (born 1974)
- Camilla Andersen, Danish handball player
- Camilla Spira, actress (1906-1997)
- Camilla Wicks, American musician
- Camilla Dalby, Danish handball player
- Camilla Williams, American operatic soprano (1919-2012)
- Camilla Thomsen, Danish handball player
- Camilla Gunell, former Premier of Åland
- Camilla Nylund, Finnish singer and opera singer
- Camilla Friedländer, Austrian painter (1856−1928)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.